Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-11-23
DAILY HERALD.
DAILY HERALD.
POLICE INVESTIGATION
Charges Against Officers
Moore and Afford
CONTINUED UNTIL FRIDAY.
Charged With Making Contracts
to Rob PeOple-0ther I'm
derhand Dealings.

demand Dealings.
Some days ago Officers Moore ant
Afford were suspended from duty b,
Chief of Police Darcy, who at the TIM
refused to make public his reasons
except to say that the matter was no
connected with the case of Officer
Brady, whose examination on charge
Of burglary will take place this morn
ing before Justice Austin. To inves
tigate the charges preferred agalns,
Moore and Afford, the Police Com.
mission met yesterday afternoon at
O'Clock, in the office of Mayor Work
man, on the corner Of Fort and First
streets, Mayor Workman presiding,
and President Breed, Of the Council
and Chief of Police Darcy present.
Assistant City Attorney Dunn stated
at the opening of the meeting that he
had heard that the accused officers
desired a continuance Of the case, and
he suggested that they be heard on
the matter before the charges were
read.
Mayor Workman then asked il
they desired q continuance. Afford
replied that he did on two grounds
first, that he was not prepared to &c
on with the matter, not having had
time enough to procure his witnesses,
and, second, because he had not been
properly served with a copy of the
charges. Moore, in reply to the same
question presented an application for
a continuance on the same grounds.
The Secretary of the Commission
stated that the charges were not
hanaed to Moore & Afford until yes
terlay morning. :.
Assistant City Attorney Dunn said
that if the accused had not been
served until yesterday morning he
would not object to continuance to
allow them to procure the necessary
witnesses.
Mr.. Breed suggested that it would
not be improper to read the charges,
to which there was no objection, and
the Secretary read the following
charges:
10 tie Honorable Police Commissioners
of Los angeles, California:
GENrLEMEN.-I,L L. G. LOOMS, Ser.
yeant of the Police OF this city, here
in make complaint against Police Off.
GERS Edward r. Afford and John
Moore, and charge them with having
been guilty of conduct unbecoming
officers and in violation of your police
regulations, in that they did on the
10Th day of October, 1887, in the city
and county of Los Angeles, arrest one
Fred Andrews and take him to the
police station of this city and place
the charge of vagrancy against him
and have the said Andrews deposit
500 cash bail for his appearance al
court, and that the said officers, AL
ford and Moore, did not at the next
meeting of the Police Court, file com
plaint against the said Fred Andrews
as was their duty, and that they have
not to this day November 81, 1887,
filed complaint against the said FREQ
Andrews, whose bal deposit of 5000 il
still ia the possession of the Judge o
the Police Court.
further state that. according to my
best kno Wedge and belief, the sale
officers, Afford and Moore, did try tt
'extort money from the said Fred An.
drews and promise him that if he
would pay them the certain sum o.
$50. they (Alford and Moore) would
not file complaint against him, and in
support of the latter statement, Offe
the sworn statement of the said Fred
Andrews.
IL. G.. LOOMS, also assert, upon
my best information and belief, thai
Officer Edmond r. Afford did, on the
25th day of October, 1887, in the city
and county of Los Angeles, propose t.
one J. A. Boyd that if he (Boyd
would put certain woman OF the
town" upon the street OF this city tt
steal, and give to Officer Afford one
half the proceeds of such thefts, the
said Afford would do all in his force tt
shield and protect the thief, and in
support of the above offer the sworn
statement of the said J. A. Boyd.
L, L. G. Loomis, further assert
upon my best information and belief
that Officers Afford and Moore did or
or about the 25th day of October
1887, in this city and county OF Los
Angeles, MAKE OHeT W ouc II. u
Witzky that if he (Witzky) woule
open q pawnshop and receive "swag'
and let them (Alford and Moore,
know where they could get theil
hands on it, they would divide the
rewards with the said H. L. Witzky
And in support of this l offer the
sworn statement of the said II. L
Witzky and of his wife Lutte Witzky
IL. G. LOOMS, further assert thai
Ihave various other causes Of com
plant against the said officers AlforC
and Moore if the Honorable Commits
sioners wish to have them recited.
(Signed) l.. Y; LOOMS.
Afford asked that the affidavits men.
toned be also read, but Moore object
ed, and it was finally decided not te
read them, but to hold them until they
come up in their regular order.
After some discussion as to when
the accused could be ready, Friday
morning at 10 o'clock was set as the
day and hour for the hearing OF testi
xaonv The witnesses for both sides